In today’s City Hall Plenary questions session with Munira Mirza, Boris Johnson’s Deputy Mayor for Education and Culture , Andrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden raised the lack of mention of the British Library in the 2014 ‘Cultural Metropolis’ Mayor’s cultural strategy document. Mr Dismore said: “The British Library serves as a resource for researchers […]
Read moreIndependent website https://www.writetothem.com/stats/2005/mps has surveyed MPs’ responses to email correspondence from constituents, sent through their website. For the 4 years that Andrew Dismore was surveyed when he was MP for Hendon, Mr Dismore was consistently rated as either ‘very high’ or ‘high’ in the timely service he offered to constituents in replying to their emails. In contrast, current Conservative MP Mr. Offord […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member and parliamentary candidate for Hendon addressed the Cyprus rally in Trafalgar Square on 13th July, to mark the 40th anniversary of the Turkish invasion of 1974. Speaking in Greek, Mr Dismore said: ( translation) “ We are meeting after 40 years of illegal occupation, injustice and struggle for human rights, and after 40 years […]
Read moreUnder questioning at the London Assembly yesterday, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe conceded that the balance of the Mayor’s neighbourhood policing teams had “gone the wrong way” and is being reviewed, whilst Mayor Boris Johnson admitted that the local policing model needs to “be improved”. Following the restructure, Barnet has lost 65 Police Officers (11%) and 108 PCSOs […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour parliamentary candidate for Hendon and London Assembly member has today learned that Public Health England (PHE) yesterday informed staff at its Colindale HPA site that it will be recommending to the Government, that PHE consolidate its operations at the former GSK facility in Harlow. This means closure of the Colindale site, beginning in 2016. Mr Dismore […]
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